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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-24
Forest Fires of Arkansas Checked"
in Their Mad Career.
Never Did The Heavenly Showers
Fall More Propitiously.
A Heavy Burden of Anxiety Lifted
Off a Suffering People.
The Towns OF Armstrong Springs, May
flower and Holland Swept from
tho Face OF the Earth sor-
rownll Incidents.
srrci,l nIsrnlch To the ArncnI.

Special Dispatch IN the Appeal
lnrLr Rock, Ark Nov. 23.--Thc appall-
ing forest fires which have been raging
throughout this State ior the last Two weeks,
today met with dampncS, In their past un-
checked career in the shape of long looked
for and earnestly prayed for rain. Tho
temperature tonight indicates that the
moisture has been general IN this section.
As was stated In these dispatches several
days ago, ;hctc Is no 0pproximaiing tho
loss 10 the State. In this immediate
vicinity. one million dollars will not rc-
place tho damage done. Armstrong
Springs, White county, ono of the principal
summer resorts IN the state; Mdyilower and
Holland, Faulkner county, all prosperous
Villages, have been completely destroyed.
To-day news reached your correspondent,
coming from Wild Cat landing, this county,
that while Robcr, lockctt. q prosperous
colorcd farmer, was en- route 20 that place
Monday, with team of mules and four
bales Of cotton, his cotton took
,ip while driving along the rad
and was completely destroyed. lockott was
the pastor Of churh In his ncighborhood,
and IL Il said that when lac saw his whole
years labor goirg up In smoke he raised his
hands 10 heaven and shoutcd' "Oh, Lord,
see what de dcyc' hah done Tor me- aud
turned and llcw into the heavy brush, and
has not since been heard from.
Every farmhouse Tor distance of Eve
miles AROUND Holland Faulkner county,
was swept away, and many ,orrouful tales
of suffering, among those who lost their all,
reached thi, city from thcw.
| The weather was extremely cold Monday
uight and while the forest smoke VIZ, blind
ing, Il Is ,aid q half dozon families living q
few miles from Holland got together after
everything they had had burned and passed
night equal tu th' worst -cOuc dcuictod In
nanto's Inferno. There vcrc % score ormoro
oi little children ir the nsscmhlagc, and their
picous erie, ior shelter made the night too
horrible iur contemplation.
| This relates % happening. within stonu's
! throw u Little Rock. It. conntcrrart-yoa,
! even worse hl, been ou1eicd iu every part
~ Arkaua. bat the ground which gayo
| birth 10 the ab1I fiull "ArkHnsls fm,olcE'
! and The Turn uf fho runc. has plenty aud
tn share, und al The help needed has been
and ~ being speedily given those deserving
succur
Il Is not the purpose II these dispatches 10
n.k charity for Afhnnsas citilcns. ln a state
~ q miil'rn nnd w"ro po"plo such caia,tro-
phos, while dire during their visitation,
-onu pa. mud aw iuIrpitcn.
Col S u Npvl.ut superintendent " tho
late Arkun.as exposition lost many 81 his
farm houses and one II the most valuable
vineyards n ihs county hy th" line yrstcr-
day The sun and niuon have bcon pbscur,d
| by the smoke ior eight days past
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trust from issuing such mortgage. On the
morning of October the mortgage was re-
corded This action rendered the Injunction
imperative, even had il been granted. Adj
dicks then filed I'm amended bill, but the case
has been dropped, and il is believed that he
has been handsomely paid for his stock. The
Hoffman estate, in New York, originally held
1900 shares. Eight hundred of this stock
was sold TO the trust at $i2 90 share; but
before the entire lot was closed out the at
t0rneys representing that interest discovered
that all was not right and refused to convey
the remaining 400 shares. Acting in this be-
lief, the estate filed bill asking for an in
junction TO prevent the trust from issuing
the bonds and TO compel disclosure of the
names Of the persons or institutions that had
purchased the bonds, II they had really been
sold. They also prayed for receiver All
the gas companies in the city were made de-
PENDANTS, and an injunction was asked To
prevent the trust from debating the policy
of such companies. The case was argued be.
fore Judge rulcy last week, and decision
was expected In few days.
II is not known rs yet what the trust paid
the Hoffman estate for the 400 shares, or
what inducements held out to them made
them drop the suit When the case came
before Judge Tuley this morning, the attor-
neys for the plaintiffs moved TO have it dis
missed ut their cost, and II was so ordered.
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Drrroir, Mich, Nov. 2J-lt became
known for the first time today to few per.
SONS that cX United States Senator Jones. Of
Florida who has for some unexplained rca-
son sojourncd IN Dcttoit Tor two ycars past,
j. practically hcpglr upon the streets, aud
bat for the oharit/ 81 friend would be
without food or, ,Zclicr When Mr.. Jones
came Ia Deroii be- was very free with hi,
money, md gave lavi-hly 10 benevolent pur-
pOscs. lie boarded at the best hotel until a
few months ago when be- was unable Ia pay
his bills. lie then went to cheaper house
and last night his room was locked on him,
and BE- slept un the floor in the hail lln
was observed hy n man whom hr hal be-
friondcd in his bcttor DAYS and has been
taken io the mans home. Mr.. Jones Z.
almost 70 mental wreck lie " pursued with
the idea that some enemies, whom hr ycser
names. are following him, and that hc will
vet "duwn thpm.N
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m. .,.rrh,.,.' nnrinI place.

Cmc,do. No.. Nov 20 rhr p'a.r boz which
,hr'bodir, " tho executed uu.uli.s ar Goo
bc buried has been selected, aud nothing is
required now but tho formal sanction ut che
authorized organization, h'inu io hu'i.c.
cam lc inferred. The defense committee
met John Buchlc president ul iho Ma'i.
helm cemetery company and iir,' of thr
dircrtor. yesterday afternoon rrI went Goo
llic cemetery with tliom. The Iu' ,hu..u b.
iu tht northeast uuuftcrof Che cemetery aud
g. triangular in shape Two puWiurutdr.FU.
ways par II ou iho northeast and northwest
sides while to tho southwest D. our oi thU
largest open spaces In tbc cemetery. The
sub.commIttOr approves ~ ihc s.io hrruu.r
it comprises about YpfluurD feet. or about
eight regular lots To the north /, 90 large
tract of ground. containing about l""p
uuarc feet which can bo purchased Iu con.
urItiun with the other nt low figure. Bat
~ this lust Tract, and northeast ot ih, other
plat. iau tmct containing 800 lu.s which o."
tuninl labor union contemplate uuuhHa
ing. There has been no rNl.i suW IFfrrl
uiiun fpr the Dot. but II will hru little over
~ cents % foot, making o. totnl of between
800 and fNu.
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Tho Crown prInco's Gratitude.

BERLIN, Nov, 23.-Count Radolinsk, the
chamberlain OF the crown prince, writes that
the manifold proofs of sympathy which the
crown prince has received from all parts Of
Germany and from abroad, together with the
numerous kindly meant recommendations OF
remedies TO cure his malady, have deeply
moved and rjoiecd his imperial highncss,
II is impossible, the chamberlain says, TO re-
ply separately TO the many letters and tclc-
grams received, and the prince therefore de
sircs 10 give general expression Of his
thanks for the sympathy extended to him.
A dispatch from SAN Reno says that the
crown priucc's voice continues very hoarsc
DR. ilmmnun takes no part m the medical
twtmcnt of the patient which is still in
trusted 10 Dr. Howell Dr. Bmmnuu, how
cvcr will remain nc San Reno in order to
hc ready 1T any moment 10 perform sur
gical operation In case dangerous inilamma-
ton renders such u course necessary.
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o'ponnc,rs suit AgnIns, the Times.

Dublin. Nov. 23.-1ho ESprc-s shys that
Mr. Frank Hugh O'Dunncll, cxyiccprcsi
dcnt Of the Home Rulc confederation. hns
caused subpoena 10 be- issued Tor Mc-r.
rarncll and Thomas Power q. O.Connor ~ wit.
ncssc, no his fuit against the London Times
Tor 5000 dnmapcs ior libel In changing him
with being connected with the PhmniS park
MURDER Tho Express nyg Mr.. ODon.
nell has notified Mr. OConnor 10 produce
the minute books Of the Home Rule fedora
ton and The National league In biz posses.
sion, particularly those covering the time
.pent vs. Mr. parncll In kilmnuham iall.
The lnmcllitos are furious. M. fancll
had three months ngo resolved tO eros. the
yea IN November in order 10 avoid being
placed in the witnr box
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Nina Van zsndrs widow, weeds.

Cmr,ao. no., Nov .3.-Nira Van Iaudt
aud her mother entered a millinery store ou
Wabash avenue this morning to buy a
mourning bonnet for Nina. several houucts
we're shown and Nina picked out one u
black nuns Yelling with long widow ~
veil nj ihe same material Her mother ob.
jcctod to the veil, saying that it was too deep
mourning i1r her io wear An Argument on
the subject was terminated by Nina, who
turned t0 her mother aud fiid sharply
"Moihor u YOU have come here tn argue
family matters IL would have been better ~
have STAYED ni home" M Van IHudt uid
NO more and her daughter Ordered thc
widow's weeds paying tl2, the prior lskCd
aud ordered them sent % Mr.. 4. Sp... nt
her residence The proxy widow wore uU
mourning lur spies ~ thc anarchist funeral
Her pur,lrsc today j. the trrt public inu.
nation of 900 intention on the part OF Nina 10
nut ou weeds
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Grc,, nccldc. io i,c.len.

Pans, Nov 23.-rresidcnt Grcvy today In
formed NJ. Mnrct, Radical member of the
Chamber Of Deputies for the department of
the Seine that hc had decided To resign.
lie said he would tomorrow ask NJ. Mbot to
form a Ministry TO suporiutcnd the meeting
Of the congress OF the Senate aud the Cham
her Of Deputies, which will select new
President II NJ. Ribot should refuse to
form Ministry he will ask NJ Goblet TO do
80. N. Grcyy further stated that hc would
not quit his post before issuing an address Ia
the country, in which he wodld rcpudiatc
the responsibility for the present state Of
affairs aud declare that his retirement was
forced by the impos,ihility of governing the
country lie will depart from the prcsi-
dcncy with the sinccrcst wishes for the fut-
urc of the republic.
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Tn. uooiIc cn.r "Giycn Away -

CmcAGo. H.. Nov. 2l.-lt i asserted this
evening that Harry Vancll, the convicted
cv-wnrdcn of the county insane asylum, has
been In communication with states Attorney
Griuncll for some time and lias given him
mn,h valuable information about the Doodle
gang. regarding who had paid commissions
Tor dealing with the county and o 10, oi
special information on which some lcadin;
spirits who have escaped may be ontuppcd,
The information about commissions II Is uu.
dcr,tood, is already being used by The states
attorney in recommending settlements a.
the county board. Nothing very definite hus
been learned about the matter, but u T. h,.
licyci that the information viii be- turned
over a. the States attorney, who will make
an attempt to begin more prosecutions. IL
|. said iu return Tor the valuable iniouna-
ton given States Attorney Grinncll will
recommend Namclls pardon.
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EASTERN FIELD TRIALS.
The Running Very Slow Joey B Does
Good Work.

Hpcfiut bhpnNu 10 lhc Appeal
Hon poISr, y. C., Nov 23-Thc running
today was very slow, and ia some cases te-
lious and unintorcsting. There are some
brilliant puppies In this stake, but as a lot
they nrc not up TO the average of last
seasons entries
The unfinished heat of Tuesday evening,
between Joey y and Waterford, was run to
finish in eighteen minutcs. joey u did
some extremely brilliant work, winning the
heat handily.
J. Otto Donncr and Ddshing Joe rar a long
aud very tirc.pme heat OF two hou;. aud fifty
minutes, IN which very little work was done.
Dashing Joe Won the heat
Claude and GDliang ran an excellent heat,
m which considerable work Wis done IL
was q close decision. Gollang won.
Dave Il was beaten hy Merry Girl who dill
the hc.t work on BIRD.
The heat between Romeo nnl Lizzie Ice
was very close. aud won by Romeo With IT..
tic 10 spare.
Chief aud Jack Modoc were competing
whom darkness closed the days work They
will finish the heat tomorrow.
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Conservative Ia Happy usmor.

LoyDov, Nov ~. In o spccchnt the meet.
ing of the National ynion oi Conservatives
of oxford today, Lord Salisbury said that
be- snw IN the success Of the conference
the happicst aupury for the future. In
formation from Scotland showed that the
calm sense ~ the Scotch would not sane.
lion any scheme cndnngorIng the integ.
n,y ol thc empire llc acknowledged the
rtnoflis and uu.tintod help ~ the Liberal
tnionistH ard declared that so long rs their
support was assured the country would rest
in peace. secure from the assaults Of the par.
~ Oi disorder.
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ComptroIIer pIrnrd.s Circular.

rfHolAl lisInifh To uic ApiHhs
NASHVILLE. TJnn., Nov. 23.-ln q circular
10 county clerks, dated November - Comp
trollcr ricknrd says "During the recent
session Of the supreme court AZ Knoxville u
was held that merchant, who have no ex'
ompiion outside Of their business were moi
entitled to an exemption of 5000 In their
husincss, as has been heretofore allowed,
Therefore, IN settling with merchants from
This date YOU will please allow no cxcmp.
iiuns whatever. either ON privilege or ID.
yaiorcm taxes, rcgurllcss of the dato tho
license was issued. Clerks who have no cx.
prr.s Office are requested 30 notify thcclmp'
lrullcr nt once how aud whore they want as
lessmcnt blanks for isss shipped"
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shoo,s Iii. wife on rhc street.

LHiSoroN, Nv, Nov. 23--l.aio this after.
noon, In Winchester, Milton Lawrence sho
and seriously wounded his wife. They had
been separated some time. When walking
down Main street with Charles wills, Law.
renee -aw his wife coming ont Ola store. H.
remarked he was going a. Mil her and.
drawing q pistol frpl, striking her in tho
side Of the neck Wiils knocked the weapon
down before the delivery ~ the second shot
and caught the bullet in bis leg The
Woman's wound is -criuus, but may not
prove fatal. wills wound !, quite painful.
Lawrence. was arrested after 20 struggle. IN.
tense excitement prevails.
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THE CH0UTEAU LOST.
She Burns to the Waters Edge.
a Fireman and Passenger, Both
N Colored, Lose Their Lives.
Six Race Horses Are Also Victim
# lied by the Furious Flames.
9, 500 Bales of Cotton and 1850
Sacks of Oil Cake Consumed.
The Loss Between 1900, 900 and $780,
ooo-A Sketch OF the Chouteau
and Trials She Has Had
Her Capacity.
kpecinl plsnntch to The Arncal.

kpecal Dispatch to the Appeal.
New ORLEANS La, Nov. 23.-!Thc Charles
p Chouteau was lying at Sunnowcr landing
at o'clock last night and had taken on
some cotton. Capt. Thorwegan rang the
last bell to, back out, and went into the
cabin TO supper In the meantime Misses
Carrie and Sophia Sligcr, sisters Of New
Orleans journalist who were passengers,
walked forward on the boiler deck, and Miss
Carrie discovered n fire burning. She went
to the cabin and told the captain his boat
was on fire. A general alarm was given, but
owing 10 the wind the flames spread so
rapidly that nothing could be done to check
them, and nothing was saved
There were fifteen cabin passengers aboard,
and they and the officers lost all their bag
gage. Clerk Andy Rowland saved portion
Of the boats books and papers The officers
were calm, and Capt. Thorwegans first care
was 10 see that all the passengers got ashore.
There were six race horses on board, and all
were lost
The boat burned TO the waters edge. Two
lives were lost n fireman and deck passen-
ger, both colorcd. The boat and cargo are n
total loss and nothing is left Of the Chouicau
but her immense iron hull. Her cargo con-
sisted Of $500 bales OF cotton, 2,jOO sacks Of
oil cake and sundry merchandise.
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CHICAGO GAS TRUST.
How suits Against tho Great Monopoly
Are silenced.

Are Sloncod.
CmcAao. H., Nov e3.-Thc great gas trust,
which lately bought q controlling Interest in
all the gas companies NJ the city, j. credited
By a morning paper With having bought On
the latest opponents who were lighting the
trust In the courts The plaintiff was the
Hoffman estate ~ New York CITY, which
owned l0O shares Of stock In the Chicago
Gas Light and Coke company. Late ycsior-
day the attorneys representing the estate 70.
cciyed the following dispatclg ''fhc estate
hns made satisfactory arrangements with the
defendants Dismiss all proceedings bolov
Judge Tulcy. Letter mailed
This Is thc second time suits have been
brought against the trust and have como tn
naught. The directory somc months ngN
had succeeded In buying up all the stock Of
the gas and coke company. with the oxcep,
tion Of n few shares. The directors paid
sl9 so for shares Of the par value Of t35 Tho
trust then gave ont information TO the effect
that Il was going to make Improvements aEa
was about 10 mortgage Us property for the
purpose Of raising tho necessary mcana
II at once issued bonds TO the amount ol
tTG50,Op0 and before any litigation com'
menccd claimed to have sold the bonds
About tho middle Of September last the
trust attempted 10 have the mortgage 70
corded without Publicity. The documen,
was marked "nlcd," but as the obligation u
secrecy could not be carried out, It was "
turned to the directors. On October =
,hareholdcr named Addioka, holding cighicep
share brought a bill in the superior court
pmyiug for an Injunction " restrain ul
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-24

CmcAoo, M, Nov. % 3.-Asawlidhftho Loyal
Smith Omaha dry goods venture, the failure
~ which created such sensation In mcrcnn-
tile circles some time ago deputy sheriff j.
watching Judge Prcud5rgsts court in This
city to arrest llaiman loUy as soon a- o case
be- Is interested IN T. concluded. Daniel X.
Tcnny, one of the trustee for the creditors
Of Smith, asserts that lc expects 10 recover o
judgment Tor $4,000 lWm Luwy, who took
charge of Smiths stock when the latter icd
from Omaha. 1cnny fears that LoWy in
ready disposed Of nearly all bis property.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-24

Pam. Nov lI 1T \ 'laIoI that during
his interview with " Maret today, Prcsi.
dcnt Grcvy was greatly affected, and pleaded
pitoor.ly for time. NJ. Marci, however
was obduriic. lie said That too much time
had hocn ipat already; that II WIS ihc duty
Of tha ~. dent 10 resign Immediately, anil
ihnt hr should send message 10 the chamber
ur, later thnn Saturday. II is reported that
". Glcyy worked ni ihc mossigo until late
l0lg Tonight A secret meeting, attended
hy M Cltmcnceau, Gumct, L0ckrOy, Roche.
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CABINET CRISIS.
President Grevy VIII Resign.
He Will Ask M. Ribot Today to
Form II Ministry.
Also TO Superintend the Selection
of a New President.
NJ Ribot Well Known in Chicago,
Having Married Miss Burch.
Fun Text OF Prince Nnpoleou's Letter
to NJ. Dufour Concerning tho
Recent Scandals and tho
Cabinet Troubles.

PARIS, Nov. %. 1t Is reported that NJ.
Rbot, member of the Chamber Of Deputies
for the department OF PAS dc Calais, will
form new Cabinet, among the members OF
which will be NM. Goblet and peycs.
The Journal DIES Dcbats advocates the
awaiting Of the result Of President Grvy's
efforts to form Cabinet, but says II Is im'
possible not to see the gravity presented by
the prolonged uncertainty, which oilers the
chance for the creation of u dictatorship or
an outbreak OF disorder.
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Tam ,i,,. ,a.,n ,u rroub,e.

Special b.Tairh 10 thc Appeal.
BinvIyou,N Ala, Nov. q The motor
ious Tom Ellis Of the Hornet, Is In
trouble again on account of hi, last satur-
days issue, which beats the whole record Of
th, alncious sheets for hlth lie was before
the mayor and was fined 500 As before,
when hc Wa fined the slmo amount he do
Tended himself aud when the mayors judg-
mont was announced. took an appeal. Tho
city mnr.hnl today notified all the news.
dealers that 10 they sold any more Hornets
with obscene matter iu ihcni, they would bo
..rD-L.I
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Dr. uceio,hcr 0e,s rI,e Years.

special Dispairh 10 The Appeal.
PINE Burr, Ark, Nov. 23.-Dr No
Olothor, charged with the robbery Of Pat
Nancy, an Irishman Of ~, and beating him
At midnight last night was found guilty aud
sentenced 10 Eve years imprisonment The
irinl called out the largDt crowd that ever
assembled IN the court Tho negro Nc.
uloihcr was such q pcstilout outlaw that
both races rcloiccd In the verdict Tho fix
pcgrocs who sat in the panel were for cX-
tending the term OF imprisonment IL Is re-
uoftcd.
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on,e,ai ,sic oI ohio.

Colrunr,, o, Nov. %. AT last the Official
vote Of the State Is la. Tho total vote cast
m 1885 was 5g3.gJ IN 1850 il was Toi, 23s.
This year the total vote reached the very
inrre iignre of 7ll, ,5Gs. which Is very largo
increase The totals are Rs follows for Gov
crnor Foraker llcp.), GjO.ai5. POWELL (Dcm.).
sil 215. sciu (lAb.l 2t5i2, sharp trro. \
2p zoo scattering. a. Total, 1u,5cs For-
nkcr over Powell, 23.TJ2 Thcw Is . slight
increase for the Pruhibilionisis over the
vote of 1855, when Leonard lad 2s,osi.
The chances afo that Lyon ail. run ahead
several thousand yotCs.
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lAcgsoS, Miss, Nov 2j.-ln the federal
court today the jurf in the eases against
Robt J. Alcorn and A y. Kimball aud sure
ties brought IN o ycidIcl against them Both
have been receiver Of public moneys here
,incc the war, and thg quits were brought
to recover shortage, IN thc0r accounts. The
principal aud Interest reI'ns kimball was
found Ia be about tg.,lI, and against Alcorn
about 800 Judgmcnl sarc taken for these
amounts